Corey Brewer: Walter Clayton is on the Florida basketball Mount Rushmore

After every championship come the inevitable comparisons. And when you’re a superstar like Walter Clayton, part of that is being compared to the all-time greats at a place like Florida.

There are several of them, but perhaps no group is more famous than the ‘Oh Fours.’ Those are the core members of the teams that won back-to-back national championships at Florida in 2006 and 2007.

So in came the question, this time from CBS Sports HQ host Jaclyn DeAugustino, a former Florida Dazzler who has spent plenty of time watching Florida athletics. Is Walter Clayton now on the UF basketball Mount Rushmore?

“Oh for sure. You’ve got to put him up there,” said Corey Brewer, one of the starters on those back-to-back title teams. “He just took us to a national championship. That’s not easy to do. We got to stay up there because we did it twice. It’s hard to do it twice. But it’s hard to do it once, for real.”

Not only did Walter Clayton do it, he did it in superstar fashion. He topped the 30-point mark in both the Elite Eight and Final Four, becoming the first player since Larry Bird to do so.

He was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player as a result. He was a first-team All-American to boot.

Just about everything you could hope to accomplish in a career at Florida, Walter Clayton did. Well, except go back to back. That distinction will remain with the Oh Fours.

Still, Clayton brought Florida back to national prominence in a major way. He’ll always be remembered for that. And he’s got Brewer’s hearty endorsement, which goes a long way in and of itself.

“I’m happy for the kid,” Brewer said. “The kid, he’s a really good player. He’s a special player and he came to Gainesville and did what he’s supposed to do: He brought us a championship.”